PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derek Boogaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tural Agaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Boogaard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Lesson In Violence - Exodus. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Boogaard
vs
Agaev

201 cm
21
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
268 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Master Lee's One Stop
Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Boogaard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tural Agaev!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agaev is looking to land body kicks.
Jab by Boogaard.

It looks like Tural Agaev has been cut.

Boogaard forces Agaev back against the cage and clinches.
Boogaard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boogaard misses with a punch on the inside.
Boogaard lands an uppercut.
Agaev is trying to break free.
Agaev is trying to force a seperation but Boogaard has the dominant position.
Agaev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boogaard presses Agaev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boogaard scores with a shoulder strike.
Boogaard lands with a right to the head.
Agaev working aggressively here.
Agaev working aggressively here.
Boogaard lands with a short shot to the head.
Agaev lands a left hand.

It looks like Derek Boogaard has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Boogaard.
Still in the clinch, Boogaard scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boogaard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boogaard struggles to land a body shot inside as Agaev controls his hands.
Boogaard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Agaev backwards.
Boogaard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Agaev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boogaards head.
Agaev is trying to break the clinch but Boogaard has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Boogaard.
Agaev looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boogaard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Agaev's efforts to push away.
Agaev looking to stall.
Boogaard pushes Agaev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boogaard lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Boogaard.
Boogaard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Agaev can't find room to land a body shot as Boogaard controls the action.
Boogaard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That has opened up Tural Agaev's cut even more.
Agaev takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Agaev blocks a body shot from Boogaard.
Boogaard cracks Agaev with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boogaard.
Boogaard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Agaev or not.
A short right from Boogaard on the inside.
Agaev prevents a body shot from Boogaard.
Agaev prevents a body shot from Boogaard.
Boogaard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boogaard.
A head punch on the inside from Agaev fails to land.
Boogaard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boogaard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boogaard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Boogaard.
Boogaard struggles to land a body shot inside as Agaev controls his hands.
Agaev is looking to control Boogaard's arms but Boogaard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Agaev has his back to the cage.
Boogaard lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boogaard drops Agaev onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Agaev is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Agaev is rocked!

The cut above Tural Agaev's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boogaard struggles to land a body shot inside as Agaev controls his hands.

Boogaard drops Agaev onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Agaev is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Agaev is still on wobbly legs! Can Boogaard finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Boogaard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boogaard.
Boogaard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Agaev.
I was talking to Boogaard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Boogaard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Tural Agaev's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Boogaard digs a right hand underneath Agaev's ribcage. Agaev let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Boogaard drops Agaev onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Agaev is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Boogaard creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Agaev's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Agaev drops to his knees and Boogaard pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Boogaard!
Derek Boogaard is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Derek Boogaard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.